Twin Peaks Forest Cabin

* Dard Hunter was a print-maker instrumental in the Arts & Crafts movement--which fits perfectly with this type of green.

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Sweet Cottage Candy

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What gives this paint scheme such a sugary look? Take a gander at the field--it's just plain old easy-going Casa Blanca. Buy add Rosedust (dusty rose, shall we say?), and it becomes something else entirely. Something dustier. Rosier. Sweeter.

There it is: The power of trim.

Sweet Cottage Candy

Wall: SW7571 Casa Blanca

Trim: SW0025 Rosedust

Door: SW6488 Grand Canal

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Mad Men

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This exterior paint scheme, ripped straight from the pages of Sherwin-Williams' Classic Exterior Colors Collection, is reminiscent of Mad Men and Fifties composed suburbia.

But for that punch-in-the-mouth Poppy Flower door, it's a calm classic. Who knows: maybe that red is necessary?

Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Comforting Brown

Comforting Brown

Wall: SW6097 Sturdy Brown

Trim: SW6394 Sequin

Door: SW6113 Interactive Cream

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Shockingly Cheerful

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Some communities have shocking exterior paint color schemes, some don't. If you live in a place like New Orleans' Upper Garden District, it's almost de rigueur to have blatantly shocking and cheerful colors.

Shocking or normal, it all depends on where you live.

Shockingly Cheerful

Wall: SW6979 Verve Violet

Trim: SW6140 Moderate White

Door: SW6140 Moderate White

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Gray and White

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Careful with gray in exterior paint colors, unless you want to drag the whole house down. This Gauntlet Gray keeps everything cool and sophisticated.

Gray and White

Wall: SW7019 Gauntlet Gray

Trim: SW7634 Pediment

Door: SW6140 Moderate White

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Rich Earth

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Bronze, gray, and emerald: precious stones and metals provide your house with grace and stature.

Rich Earth

Wall: SW6412 Eminent Bronze

Trim: SW6199 Rare Gray

Door: SW2936 Black Emerald

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Exterior Paint Color Schemes: Classic Stone

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A low-key exterior paint color design that fits right in with the earth: Sherwin-Williams' Colonial Stones.